Mold for making fire-kindlers.



PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903.

BTU B 2 E. G. SAGHSE. MOLD FOR MAKING FIRE KINDLERS.

APPLIOATION IILBD JUNE 3, 1902. RENEWED FEB. 13, 1903.

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ERNEST O. SACHSE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MOLD FOR MAKING FIRE-KINDLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 741,169, dated October13, 1903. Application filed June 3, 1902. Renewed February 13, 1903.Serial No. 143,266. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST O. SAoHsE, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Molds for Making Fire-Kindlers; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in molds,and relates morespecifically to improvements in molds adapted to beemployed in connection with the production and making of fire-kindlerfor use in starting of fires in grates, furnaces, or the like.

My invention has for its object to construct a mold in which a pluralityof cakes or blocks of fire-kindler may be formed at the same time, eachcake or block being molded with feet or projections on the lower facewhich serve to support the cake or block when the same is placed on thegrate-bars in order that the fire mayhave ready access in, under, andaround the cake or block of kindler.

In connection with this invention I have filed an application for theimproved process of manufacture and for the article produced by theprocess, the improved form of mold shown and described in thisapplication being preferably employed in connection with my process ofproducing the kindler.

Briefly described, the present application consists of a mold which isdivided into a plurality or series of compartments, the mold beingformed in three partsa base or bottom plate, a grating, and a presserplate adapted to fit in the grating and to which the pressure is appliedfor forcing the mixture of which the kindler is composed into thecompartments and solidifying same to form it into cakes or blocks, aswill be more fully described.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike numerals of reference will be employed for indicating like partsthroughout the several views of the drawings, in which Figure l is a topplan view of my improved mold. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectionalview taken on the line A B of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionalview taken on the line C D of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan View showingthe kindler therein. Fig. 5 is an edgeview of the presser-plate employedfor solidifying the kindler in the mold. Fig. 6 is a side view'of thesame, and Fig. 7 isasectional view showing the cakes or blocks ofkindler as they are formed in the mold.

To put my invention into practice, I preferably construct the mold witha plurality of compartments, into which the kindler is pressed. Thisimproved mold consists of three separate parts, the base or bottom plate1 of the mold being constructed, preferably, very heavy, so as towithstand the pressure to which it is subject in carrying out myimproved process of producing the kindler. This base or bottom plate 1is provided in its upper face with a series of depressions 2, which areformed by recessing the mold-base or bottom-plate in its upper face.These de pressions or recesses in the upper face of the base or bottomplate receive the mixture from which the kindler is produced and formfeet or projections 2' on the underneath face of the cake or blocks 1,as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, these feet or projections acting tosupport the body of the cake or block above the grate in order that thefire may have free access thereto. This base or bottom plate of the moldis constructed with guides or lugs 3, which in practice are preferablycast integral with the base. These guides or lugs 3 serve to guide theupper or intermediate member of the mold, which consists of a grating 4,embodying the outer wall 5 and the intermediate walls 6, serving toprovide a series or plurality of compartments, in each of which a cakeor block of the kindler is formed. Each compartment in the grating isplaced when the sections or members are together above the recesses ordepressions in the bottom plate, whereby the material of which thekindler is formed will fall into theopenings 2. The prepared material ofwhich the kindler is formed is placed in the compartments after thegrating and the base have been placed together as described, and in theprocess of manufacture the material is then subjected to the action of apress. In order that an equal pressure may be given to the material inthe several compartments of the mold, I employ a presser-plate 7, whichforms the third member orsection of my improved mold. 'I hispresser-plate is provided with lugs or projections on its underneathface, which are of a height equal to the depth of the openings ordepressions 2 in the base or bottom plate 1, and these lugs orprojections 8 project into the several compartments of the grating orintermediate member 4, and when pressure is applied to the plate 7 theyserve to force the material into the depressions to form thesupporting-feet on the product and impart to the portion of the mixtureforming these feet the same solidity as the balanee of the cake orblock. When thus subjected to pressure, a thin layer, as at 8', willhold the several cakes or blocks together within the mold and after theyare taken out of the grating, this layer, however, being so thin thatthe cakes or blocks may be readily separated, if desired, yet at thesame time holding the several cakes together under careful handling.

It will be evident that the base or bottom plate of the mold may be soconstructed as to form a pluralityof supporting-feet on each cake of thekindler, and the depressions in this bottom plate or base, as well asthe shape of the compartments, may be of any desired style or shape. inthe construction of the mold various changes may be made in the detailsof construction without departing from thegeneral spirit of myinvention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A mold oomprisinga base or bottom plate having a series ofdepressions in its upper face, a grating having a series of wallsdividing the same into compartments, and a presser-plate provided on itsunderneath face with lugs or projections, as and for the purposedescribed.

2. In a mold, a base or bottom plate provided in its upper face withdepressions or recesses, guide-lugs carried by said base or bottomplate, and a grating divided by walls into a series of compartmentsregistering with the depressions or recesses in the base or bottomplate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ERNEST O. SACHSE.

Witnesses:

RUDOLF Horn, WM. 0. BoLM.

It will also be evident that

